And you said yourself too: the rules here are different. Following along all the time is such a chore... Sometimes you just have to go for something because you want it.

[The smile that follows is still crooked, but slightly more somber.]

But I am just as true as he is. You should know that.

[Even if Hizumi's Shadow is gone, it existed in the first place. It was a part of the true self.]

My life, my choice. Just like you said. Ah, now, don't you have somewhere else to be?